Kubernetes Platform Architect

S&K GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LLC
Plano, TX, United States
4 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
5 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Kubernetes Security Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Amazon Web Services Backup Devices Common ISDN Application Programming Interface (CAPI) Computer Networks Disaster Recovery Network Control Role-Based Access Control Prometheus SSL Certificate Management Data Logging
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Cloud Platform System System Availability Grafana Kubernetes Nutanix

Requirements

  • 5+ years of hands-on Kubernetes architecture experience, including control plane, worker nodes, API server, etcd, and resource lifecycle management.
  • 10+ years of infrastructure, cloud, or platform engineering experience, with AWS preferred.
  • Strong expertise in Cluster API (CAPI) for cluster provisioning, upgrades, scaling, and lifecycle automation.
  • Advanced knowledge of Kubernetes workloads, networking, CNI, CoreDNS, Ingress, Gateway API, and Network Policies.
  • Implement GitOps deployment models using Flux, Helm, Kustomize, and Infrastructure-as-Code.
  • Manage Kubernetes security, RBAC, secrets, certificate management, and policy enforcement.
  • Implement observability using Prometheus, Grafana, monitoring, logging, and alerting.
  • Expertise in persistent storage, CSI, PV/PVC, disaster recovery, backup/restore, and high availability.
  • Mandatory CKA certification. CKAD, CKS, AWS certifications, and Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) are preferred.
  • Lead troubleshooting, governance, platform modernization, stakeholder collaboration, and technical mentoring.

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